Katherine M. Flegal
Stanford University
Public scientific profile · Unclaimed
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Top expertise
Obesity and Health Practices
Strong evidence · 7 supporting papers · latest 2025
Nutrition and Health in Aging
Strong evidence · 3 supporting papers · latest 2025
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Strong evidence · 5 supporting papers · latest 2024
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Strong evidence · 2 supporting papers · latest 2022
Diet and metabolism studies
Strong evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2025
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Solid evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2023
Health Policy Implementation Science
Solid evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2021
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Solid evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2021
Publications (15)
The obesity wars and the education of a researcher: A personal account
2021DOIPMID 34139265
Redefining Obesity—Too Much Is Never Enough
2025DOIPMID 41091472
Re. Assessing Uncontrolled Confounding in Associations of Being Overweight With All-Cause Mortality
2022DOIPMID 36220585
BMI and obesity trends in Chinese national survey data
2021DOIPMID 34217400
Response to: “A rigorous evaluation of a method to adjust BMI for self‐report bias”
2022DOIPMID 35043575
Use and Misuse of BMI Categories
2023DOIPMID 37432009
Excess mortality estimates may be too high
2022DOIPMID 35812992
Obesity in Children Seems to Be More Common in Non-White Racial Groups. What Racial Groups Are at Particular Risk, and What Considerations Are Important for Each?
2024DOI
Obesity in Children Seems to Be Common. Are the Current Definitions of Obesity Accurate, and What Are They Based On?
2024DOI
Evaluation of a suggested novel method to adjust BMI calculated from self‐reported weight and height for measurement error
2021DOIPMID 34448365
Chapter 3 How body size became a disease
2022
How body size became a disease
2021DOI
The Author Responds
2024DOIPMID 39158968
A Female Career in Research
2022DOIPMID 35363538
Fairness in scientific debate
2021DOIPMID 34364891
Organizations in sourced records
Affiliation evidence only — not confirmed current employment.
- Stanford University
Source: OpenAlex · retrieved 2026-09-29